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ide harddrive to sata

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by WeedKing, Jan 17, 2010.

  1. WeedKing

    WeedKing Member

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    i want to upgrade my 160bg ide harddrive with a 500bg sata hard drive. their both seagate harddrives. my question is im wondering will i have any issues with switching wires? will i need anything seperate than what is already inside my pc?

    thanks.
     
    WeedKing, Jan 17, 2010
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  2. gary2005

    gary2005 Regular member

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    Does this motherboard support sata if you dont know what motherboard you have you can download cpuz for free and it will tell you small download but very handy http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
     
    gary2005, Jan 18, 2010
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  3. WeedKing

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    alright,
    i have no idea how to read this, so possibly someone can tell just by looking..
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    thanks
     
    WeedKing, Jan 20, 2010
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    scorpNZ Active member

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    That's an old BIOS my advice get IDE,i tried what you are attempting on a presario s5020an of 2004 & it failed to detect the hdd,yet the adaptor worked fine in an external housing
     
    scorpNZ, Jan 20, 2010
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  5. gary2005

    gary2005 Regular member

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    yeh i agree
     
    gary2005, Jan 21, 2010
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  6. WeedKing

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    so if i were to upgrade the bios, would i be able to use the harddrive? or is it not even practical?
     
    WeedKing, Jan 21, 2010
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    your best off just getting an ide hardrive m8 i couldnt find any specs on your motherboard
     
    gary2005, Jan 21, 2010
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  9. ddp

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    the white & black connectors above the bios chip are your sata ports. are you getting rid of the 160gig or just adding the 500gig as a data drive?
     
    ddp, Jan 21, 2010
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    I'm building a new comp from scratch, and instead of transferring my files and reinstalling windows, I'm finding it much easier to just use the old IDE drive as a boot drive.
     
    Jkyr12, Jan 21, 2010
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    if old drive has windows from old motherboard then you might want to reload windows as you'll probably get bsod on new motherboard.
     
    ddp, Jan 21, 2010
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  12. gary2005

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    you best off just using windows easy transfer
     
    gary2005, Jan 22, 2010
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